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3 vy-fe- t hk r v- 1st read the classified ads v i v rfc pjjarxv i ftts circulation 2175 copies leadins weekly for whitchurch markham pickering and uxbridse twps vol 54 no 47 stouffville ont thursdaymarch 30 1944 ten pages stanley slack roy slack roy slack and stanley slack sons of mr- and mrs wm slackre- sidents just east of stouffville who are serving in the canadian army roy was recently promoted to rank of corporal with the brbckville rifles at sidney ns prior to this he had spent a year at the west coast stanley enlisted last fall and is now at the brantford training centre prior to enlisting he was the cococola driver for port perry bottling works both boys attended high school in stouffville native of markham jas frisby dead william henry frisby for many years a guard at the toronto don jail ahd the langstaff jail farm died at his home in richmond hill inhis 79th year he was buried in st philips anglican cemetery unionville thefourth eldest son in a family of nine he was born at victoria square i in t1866 and became a noted athlete texcelling in soccer with his brother he operated several threshing machines in markham township and was active for many years in maintaining township roads iri1006 he was appointed turnkey at the toronto don jail and for 11 yearsvwasiin contact with the worst crinminals of that period he assist ed in the search for the notorious rose gang which made a getaway from ithe jail by picking the lock of the executive chamber in 1917 he was transferred to the jail farm at langstaff and remained there as guard iuntil he retired in 1935 his- influence on the younger prisoners during his long period of serviceasa guard resulted in many complete reforms among the men his lifelong hobby was gardening survivingare his widow harriet igertrude thersk two daughters ilauraandmargaret at home three sons donald of kirkland lake kenneth of toronto and ralph a memher nof the army dental corps a sister mrs william for- restercofcashel ontario and three brothers ernest of new liskeard ifrank of unionville and ralph of toronto save your salvage for april collection thursday april 13th is the day when the stouffville lions club salvage commiuetrvvill provide a truck to collect your salvage wastepaper in large quantities is urgently needed to keep many paper carton plants roll ing canvassers named t for victory loan mr h l trapp was in town last week and made preliminary ar rangements for the victory loan drive the canvassers or salesmen decided on for this town are messrs h o klinck blake sanders and l e oneill the latter two are entirely new men at the bond selling busi ness and will replace messrs j h ratcliff and t brae who are un- any idea that farm auctions were losing their attractions and that prices are sagging was dispelled at the sale on the farm of h mc- pherson at kinsale on monday a for hcomin of horses aged 12 and 18 in 4offvilley wer5 so for s and sc0 te m touumie many an animal is merely fox meat price long before this age is reached according to auctioneer farmer cows too were in demand and the best ani mal of the day topped 140 the john deere tractor on steel soared to 950 before the bidding subsided able to act this time another able- salesman mr reg button whose th eshing machine went to sales topped the local list when helwyj- cleverdon participated here is away with thei m township rcaf so far as is known at the present time the same salesmen who acted heretofore in whitchurch and mark ham townships will be on the job again when the drive opens in an other few weeks private service for late miss morrison veterans dependants all wives and mothers of service men are asked to attend a meeting in the municipal hall monday april 3rd at 8 oclock this is in the interest of your son or husband please attend the wives of veter ans of the first war are invited to attend also gormley couple look back over 50 years together look ocean voyage moon tifty years ago this month of march a young married couple ilanded in canada from bedford shire england and since they had just been married the ocean voyage was a honeymoon trip we refer to jmr and rmrs thos l white gth concession markham who are well known and highly respected in the township the family recent jy gathered to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the parentsand when all under one roof compose quite a formidable number mr and mrs white have three daugh ters and five sons being mrs jack leadbetter mrs clarke prentice mrs fred crossen also dennis dudley john harry and william white there are 17 grandchildren unfortunately mr white does not s enjoy very good health but his life partner has traversed these fifty years much better and the hope of all is that mr and mrs white may long be spared to enjoy life toge ther on- march 28 mrand mrs william dennie resident of new gormley reached their 50th wedding day living a retired life now they are splendid examples of the fine old rugged stock who worked long and hard for many years before the farmer enjoyed the settled condi tions that exist today on the land and modern implements which would have brought joy to the farmer of bygone days william dennie worked out since he was ten years of age and he is nearmg 80 now born in whitchurch his father came from england following his marriage to jose- phene carver the couple took up farming at victoria square near where she was born 73 years ago the arm now being the ross ni chols place later they moved north of the square and remained on this placeuntil their son james took over some three years ago mr and mrs dennie are mem bers of the victoria square united church but now they live so far away they are unable to attend there three daughters are miss eva dennie at home verna mrs harry white and pearl mrs john smith w james on the farm is the only son there are eight grandchildren mrs dennie has two sisters mrs e mccrone and mrs robt me- crone also two brothers lambert and benjamin carver mr dennie has four sisters mrs fred barker barrie mrs norman horner hed- ford miss emily dennie of toron to and mrs wm baker whit church his two brothers are- robt of barrie and eli of victoria square the i event was suitably observed on sunday at the home of their daughter mrs john smith miss elizabeth morrison a very fine elderly lady who made her home with mr and mrs stanley hastings passed away early wed nesday morning in her 87th year she was a remarkably bright per sonage and remained active al most to- the end a private service will be held this friday at the hastings home thence the funeral will proceed to peterboro for inter ment remembers his birthplace after absence of 50 years one thousand blood donations is the aim of the local red cross clinic one hundred and fiftyfour blood donations were made at the last blood clinic in markham last thursday 99 men and 55 women the women of the stouffville red cross branch helped by serving re freshments this clinic has now donated 839 and it is hoped that 161 will come forward for the next clinic to round out 1000 contribut- therewas a brooder house stbvejions for the year send your name and 200 rock pullets selling for to the local representative of the 175 the brooder house brought red cross or to the secretary of 9750 and the chicks 5 weeks old the clinic at markham 65 while the remainder went for the stove shocking news report comes from parry sound the shocking news reached stouff ville this wednesday morning to the effect that orlando forsyth had dropped dead at parry sound where i aniwmuul he had made his home for some m fit i time now his brother harold f a j ml the following completed their 3rd donation at this clinic which is the ninth henry allen irvin borinsky z burkholder evelyn dougherty w m duncan mrs a forfar robert forfar elmer grove mrs myrtle grove mrs h b hall myrtle ham ill cliff heise anna housser mrs h jarvis mrs j lbtton mrs j forsyth and his sister mrs v pitman in town had no further in formation at time of going to press orlando was the eldest son of late mr and mrsjollie forsyth and was born arid raised in stouffville he is survived by a wife daughter of the late mr- and mrs nelson mow- derand by a grownup family f rescues chili fpkom swirling river native son of stouffville jacob e lehman has been good enough to write us on being away from stouff ville f or 50 years there are many readers who still remember him he was a son of joseph lehman note the good old bible names and was born in the east end of the village at a time when that section boastedmost of the towns indus tries we pass on mr lehmans dbser1 vations which will be read yith keen interest sij fifty yearsis a long spanespe daily if you are looking ahead yet to look backwards it really does not seem long on april 4 1894 just fifty years ago i left stouffville equipped with my trade it was two years before that that i enter ed wilmot shankels what might have proven a fatal accident occurred at green river on saturday when carl the small son of mr archie white fell off the bridge into the fast running river below and carried some dis tance down stream however the prompt and the heroic action of john white 12 years saved the lads life john jumped into the stream- and brought the boy- to shore just in time to save him from being carried away little carl is only- 2 years ot age our greeir river correspondent reports resident fifty years ago brought here for burial murison rev newnham joseph nighswander harvey nighswander e r pilkey rmrs l raham reg ramer ben raxlin amos reesor mable reesor paul sherk ella slack mrs louis slack everton smith wellington smith hazel stover bert tait wm topping p topping jtit is just 50 years agosince family by the name of covington located in stouffville two of the sons were printers and established what was known as thefree press they were w c and w j coving ton but the first mentioned is dead bartering j on wednesday of this week a sister of these early publishers elizabeth adeline tcovington was brought here for burial following her death at her home in toronto on sunday evening miss covington was an untiring church worker and was identified with st peters anglican church in the city she is survived by one sister miss may covington and one brother w j who was the junior partner in the local publishing busi- ness half a century ago the family plot in stouffville cemetery provided the final resting place for this one more member of a family who pioneered in this place so long ago english mother appreciates parcel in a bale of clothing shipped to england by box grove sewing cir cle was a little girls outfit made by mrs m h connor and mrs a lapp mrs connor- attached a note to the parcel and as a result has received an appreciation from tho recipient overseas the letter is selfexplanatory and in part says firstly twill introduce myself as mrs nightingale the lucky mother to receive that sweet little outfit for which i am duly thankful it fits carol ann perfectly eldest of two children as you can see by the photograph i enclose my husband is in the army we are being raided again last time iwent to the country and mayhave to go again but we all hope it will soon be over jhetolloflifeand pro terribl 4500 if the village of stouffville and township of whitchurchsouth- east section receive another 22 for the canadian red cross we will boast a grand total of 1500 in the drive just closing- the objective was considered- high at 3900 but the grand sum of 4478 was reported in hand making a wonderful con tribution that will undoubted ly be hard to beat across can ada for a similardistrict missionary home friends from as far away as bar rie to the number of about 75 gathered on monday evening at the home of mr and mrs orla heise victoria square to extend a wel come to miss anna steckley re cently returned from india on her third furlough from- the distant land the opening salutation was the rousing singing of blest be the tie that binds then prayer was offer- ed by bishop a l winger special songs by the womens quartette the henderson sisters and the male quartette followedby a number of short speeches were enjoyed erma heise gave a reading and anna a piano recital duringa love gift offering mr heise and sister mrs leah steck ley mother of- the missionary ex pressed some fitting remarks mrs steckley referred to the family box stove which still stands in the same room where the family warmed themselves when children with fitting expressions mr o l heise presented the birthday gift box to miss steckley who in turn declared her thankfulness and gratitudeto god who cared for her during the perilous crossing of the sea the offering amounted to 114 a delightful lunch was served and everyone enjoyed a piece of the- birthday cake r- shop as his first apprentice now was to go to pembroke to fill a position i engaged mr ed pen nock to drive me to claremont to take the cpr eastbourid trainbut owing to snow banks we arrived at the station just a few minutes after the train left we tried it again two days later and got there on time i had to change trains twice both at smiths falls and carlton place finally arrived at my destination at midnight a very homesick boy of 17 years this feeling wore away as i made new friends later i moved to ottawa welland and renfrew also to lon don peterboro and finally north bay t amnearing the close of my 48th year here at north bay and am the senior business man of the city strange but through all these years i have entertained an idea i that some clay i would return to stouffville the place of my birth and for which i entertain such warm affection i fifty years make a tremendous born on the mcmullen farm then change in the personnel of a town immediately adjoining the stouff- crawled back farmer lies in cold house for three days hip broken mrs r frampton born here in 1859 mark gillham 75 year old king township farmer died last week after lying on the floor of his home which was unheated for 75 hours suffering from a broken hip re ceived in a fall his hands and feet were frozen since the nights- were cold gillham fell in the barn yard and managed to pull himself to the kitchen but could do no more the unfortunate man was a brother of mrs henry johnson gth con whitchurch and david gillham of ringwood he was born near where he met his tragic end living alone onthe- seventh con cession of king mr gillham fell wlien- going to the barn- to do his farm chores before daylight last friday morning he had started no fire in his house before commencing the chores said mrs lewis gillham king sisterinlaw he lay on the ice for a long time- and then 30 feet and worked native of ireland mrs percy- dead a resident of stouffville about eight years mrs edith percy widow of the late fred percy died at the brierbush hospital on satur- dayin her 60th year a native of cork ireland mrs percy located in nova scotia when she first came to canada her husband was a chinaware traveller and they lived mostly in detroit and toronto he died in 1932 survived by his wife but- no family in 1935 mrs percy came to stouffville as housekeeper for mr and mrs sam hoover a baptist in religion rev d macgregor took the service on tuesday afternoon from oneills funeral hometo prospect cemetery toronto vivcu uiiiii uv leai ami workea hence my circle of old friends has ville cemetery property to the south his wav into the house according become very small yet on visits n the 10th concession of markham to the- story we have pieced to- 85 years ago mrs r- frampton died gether from what he has been able coopers do the unexpected few merchants ha ve to advertise just now for the sole purpose of disposing of goods since merchan dise is in short supply but chas cooper the claremont hardware v genius with his varied line of goods takes a full page issue to tell the public about the possibilities for hardware farm implements and scores of other lines being obtain- 1 years ago bloomington native was buried here the death of mrs james aiken at her home in- toronto on march 22 removes a mother who was born and raised at bloomington and who held an interest in the home local ity though removed from it a long timemrsaiken was only 58 years of age and was a daughter of the lateclinton cookwell known farm er here 40 years ago the old school registers show the name of audrey cook as a pupil at bloomington 40 surviving are her hus- able incidentally- he throws in a i and and one son victor also two few good buys while offering lines sisters are living and two brothers that are definitely hard to get and james of toronto being present for some many merchants have long hie funeral on friday afternoon been without coopers announcement comes like a i breath from the past when this store held big spring opening events thot attracted crowds from long distances the present offering is destined to stir buyers as far west as yonge street a record of past performances for coopers clare- mont store another brother jack o cook left home at the age of 19 years and has never been heard of for many yrs he was believed to have been in western canada the funeral serv ice held- in bloomington christian church was conducted by rev g brown and internment was made in the family plot in the christian church cemetery everybody always gave me a very kind welcome as i recently wan dered through your well kept ceme tery many of the people lying there seemed very close to me not the least are- my father and mother your brierbush hospital speaksof the thoughtfulness given for the sick and infirm also last summer we had the pleasure of visiting your school and i congratulate the people on their fine modern well kept build ing every citizen of stouffville must rightfully feel proud of this academy- i am indebted to prin cipal watson and his staff for- their cordial reception and for thekind- ness shown me being invited to speak to the senior classes gave me a real thrill likely some of the stu dents were grandchildren ofmy old playmates the high school did not get my attention due to lack of time but your vocational work is commend able stouffville haswon the name for itself of the village of churches and she maybe proudofthis in my opinion every citizen of the village ought to thank- god daily for the privilege of rearing their family in such surroundings and under such influence and environ- ment while your sons arid daugh to the- story gether frc at her home in neepawa man this 1 1 f us month she was a daughter of the late williarii mcmullen who settled here when the district was princi pally bush land in the days when he told us he tried to climb up on the kitchen couch using a stove poker for a cane but was unable to muster the strength paiiyuumi wiiu in me days wneni lay on the kitchen floor from the main ambitionwas to get a field 7 a friday until 10 am- monday or two clear of timber and stumps he was discovered by neigh- the mam family connection here there was no hea in f t and 5 house and the weather each night martha mcmullen and mr henry i was around 2er0 outside mcmullen both over 70 and hying mr gillham was- discovered close to where they were born the hudd on tlle floor monday morn- neepawa weekly says concerning ing by jank douglas nextdoor airs rrampton neikhbor ifilrnfmmnnlrwoh i always buy groceries for mr spo atlsilonn went sunda 1879 she resided at stouffville for a few years prior to moving toi arourld so i then returned grindstone city michigan in 1806 arouna s tct returnea she moved to neepawa and has bids at auction by long distance spent the remainder of her life here with the exception of a short time spent at gladstone she has been a member of the baptist church for sixtynine years nearly fifty of them actively asso ciated with the neepawa church and its auxiliary organizations she was a deaconess of the church here for many years surviving are four daughters miss adeline and miss martha at home mrs harry frampton neepawa and mrs jas young bethany ters may be called on later to seek there are seven grandchildren and employment elsewhere the absence i one great grandchild two sons of a beverage -room- in the home two daughters and one grandson town will stand them in good stead i predeceased her bring up the child in the way he should go and when he js old he will not depart therefrom that just as true today as ever funeral services were held in the baptist church sunday march 5th rev- barbour officiating interment j was made in riverside cemetery monday morning still i could get no response to knocking so i be came alarmed i looked through a window and saw him lying ontho kitchen -floor- i called myjjincle clifford douglas and we went in together he said he- had been conscious the whole time he had his mitts on but his hands were severely frozen and his leg where it was broken and badly swollen he had eaten two frozen eggs which he found within reach of him- that wasallhls food in the three days and nights a doctor was called bythe neigh- borsand on wednesday mr gill- hams removal to the hospital was ordered- he has been operating the something new and almost fan tastic at public auctions occurred at a i combination safe- in milliken the other daya toronto man in- tent on buying a tow truck coulnt be oh hand for the sale and having examined the machine in advance- set up an arrangement to bid over the telephone he had a hook up from his business placein toronto and was kept abreast of the bids he bought the truck for 375 2000 people- attended the sale andwitnessed aford tractor and plow pyramid tol250 the buyer being a leaside man an allis- chalmers light model fetched 5795 from mr muirhead agincourt an- other chalmer machine oh steel 10 years realized 675 from mr bart- lett of unionville a home made cultivator went at 75 and eight cars were sold at one time the ceiling was touched with eight will- ing buyers grant edwards garage- man got- the draw that settled the matter therell- be lots of extra music around stouffville since a player piano was knocked down to ken betz at 93 engagement mr and mrshenry johnson wish to announce the -engagement- of their daughter sarah edith to aaron joseph greenfield son of the farm alone neighbors said he had late mr and mrs geogreenfield some stock arid last year harvested marriage will take place in the a big crop of apples from his anglican church parsonage april- orchard t 8thatmarkham v n rl y